Immerse yourself in the Solo Leveling universe

Based on the hugely popular webcomic, Solo Leveling: Arise invites you to experience firsthand as Jinwoo Sung goes from “The Weakest Hunter of All Mankind" to the powerful Monarch of Shadows. We talked to game producer Sung-Geon Jin about what went into creating both a faithful webtoon adaptation and exciting action game.

Sung-Geon Jin: We put a lot of effort into retelling the story as a fun-to-play action game while carefully maintaining the tone and artistic style of the webtoon. We focused on what readers liked most in the original work: that the protagonist Jinwoo Sung motivates himself to become stronger, then fights and wins against stronger and stronger enemies, leveling up just like a character in a video game.

All the stories that appear in the game were supervised by the original author, Chugong. To parallel Jinwoo’s growth in the comic, you’ll expand your toolkit with different features and experience different combat styles as you level up so you can feel like you’re inside the story. In addition to Jinwoo, you can control popular characters like Hae-In Cha, the vice guild master of the Hunters Guild.

We created over 80 2D scenes and 3D cinematics to bring some of the most memorable moments from the original work to life. For non-combat sections, we added dynamic motion to images from the original to create a familiar but elevated experience for fans. In addition, we created 3D animated cinematics for a strong, visual impact. It was fun to switch between the two styles.

We recreated several locations from the original story, including The Double Dungeon where our story begins. Each has been modeled in detail to make sure players feel like they're entering the actual Solo Leveling universe

We're confident that this game allows you to become fully immersed in the storytelling, the action-packed gameplay, and the joys of conquering the dungeons and leveling up. It not only appeals to fans of the original work, but to anyone who enjoys action RPGs. And we plan to continue adding hunters, weapons, and new dungeon content even after launch, so please look forward to it.